New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-24
RETALIATION IN THE HOUSE.
..ss.cr OF THE AMENDED SENATE BILL.
Ar, LEGISLATION ON THE SUBJECT MPERilLED-
THE FINAL VOTE 252 TO ].
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THE FINAL VOTE 25Z TO j.
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w.suxcroy. Feb 23-Atter debate lasting
.r.s hours the House to-day passed. by vote OF 2oz
a. mr. Doueherty of Florda) the Retaliation bill
- .merd.d nv the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs and Mr.. Dingley who proposed an add'ioha
section which vas adopted. The amendment rsIun
mended BIZ the House Commttee was auoprou lad
xcen driven into lire on this question ana ony 70
or Ave O. them had the courage ana . Wor-e
kick the party traces ana VO.c ,hsr interesting and
amendment The DEBATE was rather ,n'' oTnument
ths Republicans had the test OF the a 6air%nn
although they Lacked votes to sms,ap weak and IN
Belmohts ecpng in eeaness considering the tact
oh ~ he had taken full month Tor s pe pS 81 The
obtained the advice an Indeed. it will
o.a.s n1hody to find either in the speeches or 'ne
Rm.nHment any excuse tor the long Geiav ~, i az
90 real difference between the oena,e o ai,a "S
no Ia eIcept that the latter is more exphcit,
swas an exuresson reiterated dozen times 'oeat ny
the advocates " the amendment, pu. nono ~
s .h,e to xplain in what the Improvement consists
nr could one of them show that the amendment "oes
not tbreaer violation by the United states OF me
WYNN Article of the Treaty OF Washington. lou
a. ,ou do not propose to bar the admission of goods
as nroyded by the treaty you only propose TO smut
ont Fin. cars anu other vehicles in when the eoods
ara brought into the country fou propose 10 prono'
nt IN. Transportation but only the means OF trans,
portation" said Mr.. Hit in his brief but p0werfui
speech in advocacy Of the SAnate o. MT nice ns o.
Eassachnsetts also dealt with tn" provision IN qnes
ton and showed that it is wholly necessary even to
threaten an interruption OF railway communica',Sn
with Canada Exclude Canadian fish from the
American market and Canada will come to terms very
ouickly" he declared OF course the debate COMO not
end without free trade speech from the irrepreso'
MIL of Texas who became loud and excited ms usual
THE Democrats tried hard but nnsuccessfnly w Snow
that they had not given partisan aspect 10 %
which had been reported sHd nassea nv the
votes of Democratic and Repnbican senator's ailke'
Chairman Belmonts acceptance on behalf o, me o"
x-fat nrfan
the DELAY showed that the committee with ontsIne
helm had by no means exhausted the subject. ne
Torse was fairl, warned by Nessr Rice and HIT that
the adoption OF the committees amendment wonlo
seriously endanger the prospect OF any irgs'auon
whatever by this Con ress -
Mr. belmont opened the debate by dwelling upon
+he ;mnortance of the subject upon VIII Oh the House
as now asked to act. 1t not mere com nercal
question simply affecting restriction on American nsh-
ermen: the important question was whether the
Tn;ted States was willing to ac1uiesce In q repeated
,iolation of treaty. He briefly sketched the course
nj Canadian legislation and commented upon 1t IN me
iht Of the correspondence recently published be-
tween Great Britain and the United states soon a1ter
thu adjournment OF Congress the hsh1ng season
han and in self defence the power OF defensive retail
;ation should be conferred upon the President mere
had been no question In the Senate as t" the adv'sa-
blity of giving this power but the bill az came rom
~ w "a omen TO certain OF iectOns II provided
in one section that the President should Issue h's
proclamation in he was satisfied that emerioan
were denied right granted 10 the most favored
raton We had no treaty with Great Britain con-
ta;ning auv "tavored nation" clause, nor did we
Intend to put ourselves on the same Ioollng as any
other nation since under the treaty OF peace we hah
certain rights the deep fisheries which no o'her
nation except Great Britain herself possessed 1t wa
I'm, fair TO the Executive when Congress placed upon
him great responsibility that IT shonld I've conf rred
II, distinct terms The House hill was undoubtedly the
stroncer measure tor this it was the more prnd
ent and the VIII err first becaus" it could not be qncs-
toned as to its intent and a. 10 its prohhtort results
and it could leave no doubt upon the m'nds OF 1hoSe
who were conducting the negotiations Tor Great
r;t,n as TO the earnestnes of the Government in the
matter; second, because IT was clear OF ali amneuV
snd therefore, farer TO the txecutlVe. me Hena1o
measure while assuming to cover the same ground.
did il in manner that open 10 several nterpreta-
tons and which would undoubtedly be OF great en-
barrassment to the Executive.
Mr. Rice saic that there should be no party in
onestion of this importance question which affected
the entire nation The Senate bull was not parry OH
but had been assed after careful consideration ana
able discuss on by the votes OF Senators on both s'des
OF the chamber. During the past year 100 OF ur
had been subjected to search and some OF tn IN
40 seiznre by Can dian horities tor touching at
Canadian ports for purposes oil trace. III was very
vital question to American honor whether any cana
dian officer possessed such right OF search and sez
No. A vessel named Grover Cleveland had been
stopped and vessel named 1. r. Bayard had oeen
warned of as ,cious character 1t vas important
that there should be power somewhere to pro
tect American honor when affected IN so vital
q point as thus The Senate oiI prpe v;.n
shut out our vessels we would shut out her h"h. IL
she shut the door in our fsce we would say not al
home hen che sent M her card 10 u.s. Inc suDstl-
tute bill suggested violation OF our treaty o9nga"n
with Great Britain which to his mind was absolutely
unnecessary and not only Unnecessary but inn oitic
The Senate bill covered promptly and ehectiVely
avery necessity OF the case. We did not want any
war With Great Britain. This gasconadmg tax
about war with Great Britain was nonsense We
conld NOT AFFORD to 60 to war with Great Britain
Mr.. Mken of Maine-Suppose she should 60 to
war with us A.,
and but there is necessity Tor war. One year OF
eTc,nsion of Canadian fish would bring TO end all
the injuries an1 outrages winch were pehS Perpe-
trated upon our fishermen
the Senate BILL .,,..
was committee measure and materially different
M Daniel. OF Virginia, said that the treatment of
American fishermen by the authorities OF the Provn-
cial Government haa been such as TO demand the at
tenton OF Congress; Every man, however ara ana
nallous who read the descriptions OF that treatment
would be satisfied that the time had come when the
subject should have serious consideration. lie
strongly supported the railway clause Oh tne suos.
tute a. rendering more elective the policy OF nonn
TO- course ~,
meeting fully the situation. and avoiding extremes
II seemed to him unwise to include railroads in the
prohibition as substitute did for Canada made no
determinations against locomotives and cars running
from the United States into her territory
Nh, McCreary, OF Kentucky, heartily in favor OF
the House bill II the Senate refused to accept the
suhstitnte il would into conference, and IN very
short time proper and certain legislation wouid DO
formulated -, Al.
tute stated that he did because be considered that
it more clearly and distinctly defined the po ~ers con
ferred upon the President , 81.
Mr. Mills of Texas would vote for the substitute,
though neither met with the approval of his
Judgment. ,...,
NJ Grain of Texas, said that there was no political
question involved in the matter he accorded to the
Senate bill the same honesty OF purpose and sincerit,
OF intention which claimed tor those who had ad-
yocated the substitute
Mr. Hit, Of llinos, said 1t was high time 10 act.
Only few days OF tnis Congress remained The Sen
ate bill passed month ago still bef re the House.
1t was most carefully prepared bill cOnferriug ample
movers on the President Let tue House pass II now,
40 that tue British Minister might this afternoon caoe
TO his Government that upon tbs question the Ameri-
can people were one II the substitute adopted.
Containing as il did the railway car prohibition that
wa voted down the Senate, there would PROBABLY
be nothing DONE Nine months ago al act passed
Congress authorizing the executive TO refuse port